Qualify Online to The European Poker Tour 2012 - EPT 9 Barcelona Stop

The opening stop of the EPT’s 9th season is the Barcelona one again. This season’s Barcelona stop is set to become the biggest ever poker festival in Spain, due to the addition of the Estrellas Poker Tour to the schedule.EPT 2012 action kicks off on August 15 and the stop wraps up on August 25 with the end of the Main Event. The host of the event is the Gran Casino of Hotel Arts. The stop features a €5.3k Main Event, which starts on August 19. The starting field for the Main Event is expected to surpass anything ever hosted in Spain thus far, so the prize-pool is obviously set to be a massive one as well.
The Main Event of the Estrellas Poker Tour, which is a €1.1k affair, will signal the end of the third season of that series.

For the 9th season of the EPT, the organizers have come up with a nice little surprise for players: Main Event winners will be awarded the top prize, together with an European Poker Tour 2012 title of course, but on top of it all, they’ll also pick up a Shamballa bracelet, the maker of which, Shamballa Jewels, has only recently partnered up with the European Poker Tour.
The minimum age for the participants is 18 of course, and those who intend to play need to have their passport along for ID purposes.
Besides the Main Event, the stop will feature various SNGs and cash games, as well as super satellites to both the Estrellas Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour Main Events. A Super High Roller, featuring a €50k buy-in is also in the books.

Ladies will be able to secure extra value by playing in the Ladies Only €550 event. Qualifying online for the EPT’s Barcelona Main Event is possible of course. Players should log on to PokerStars and search for the qualifiers under their ‘Events’ tab.